Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-12-02
Edward CHADWICK Of South LsnS

Edward Cha iwick Of South L'oS
Conn, has been postm or for ort
eight consecutive years, and has seen
postage reduced from 25 cents TO cent.
The remains of the late Henry Ward
Beecher have been transferred from their
first resting place in Greenwood to a more
suitable one in the same general enclosure.
About 200 employees in the Manitoba
railway shops at Gainesville Mimi, quit
work the other day because their wages
for the past month had not been paid.
Mrs. Logan has returned TO Washington,
where she will spend the winter.
Senator Mitchell is going to work hard
this winter to secure anavy yard at Puget
Sound.
Mrs. Salt Of Lawrence, KS, tasted four
weeks and died Nov. 20.
The schooner White Cross, with co. tons
OF coal from Oswego for Detroit, went
down about IL miles from bennington,
Ont. The vessel and cargo are a total
wreck. The captain aud one sailor were
compelled to cling to the rigging for ~
hours before being rescued.
A collision o. freight trains occurred on
the b. a. o. road about 10 miles from
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the train men were instantly killed and
several others seriously injured.
Mrs Kate w. Howe has been arrested
in Bridgeton, n. Y, for wearing badge
of the Grand Army. Mrs. Howe claims
that she earned the right To the badge by
serving in the army a man until IA
wound exposed her sex.
General Booth o, the salvation army.
has decided To send squads Of soldiers to
Zululand and South America. Some oi
his forces have already reached Jerusa
lem, and the streets OF the Holy City re
sound with the jingle OF their tambou
| rineS.
| A fire broke out in the suburbs OF San
Francisco the other day, and destroyed
two blocks OF dwelling houses, and render
ing 40 families homeless.
The proper official, have been notified
that the river and harbor appropriation
| are wanted rs early II, possible.
A half-witted boy named Charley Baker
Of Perida, Ala, recently witnessed TIL
killing of some hogs. A few days subse
| quently he went from the house with hi,
trother and sister aged respectfully and
| d years He came back alone, his clothes
covered with blood, and told his mother
he had killed them. In the woods near the
slaughter-pen The mother found her
younger son and daugh er with their
throats cut. The girl was dead and the
/ oy barely alive. shortly after Charley
disappeared again and he was found "A
! few steps from the same spot dead, with
his jugular vein severed.
Carl Honikel's house in Wausau Wis.
was destroyed by fire at an early hour the
other morning. Honikel and his five chi
dren were burned to death. Mrs. Honi-
kel's life was spared but she is now "A
raving maniac.
Ex-County Treasurer W. j. Burke of
| Galveston, Texas, who, while in Office,
defrauded the county out Of $4,000 in
bond and money, and three months ago
returned from Australia and surrendere
himself 10 the san Francisco authorities,
has been acquitted.
Policem n Hansen of Chicago, who was
wounded at the timo of tue naymarke
| riot has become insane.
a. W. Heudricks, cousin OF the late
vice president, was found dead in bed in
! Philadelphia the other night, by his wife.
| lie was G3 wears Of age, AMI prominent
lawyer. IL was just two years ago Nov.
% that the wee president was found dead
in the same way by his wife. Both deaths
were due to heart disease.